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Michigan gets its first-ever tornado emergency as massive hail batters Southeast

Aid nears Gaza pier as residents brace for looming Rafah invasion

Mamma Mia! Here we go again. Eurovision wraps up in Sweden with pomp and protests.

Colorado has a history of mass shootings. But Democrats nixed recent gun control bill.

Scientists recorded sperm whales. Their pod-casts offer hints on how they talk.

Columbia Law grads lost commencement. And clerkships, as judges boycott alums.